--- a/scripts/io/strread.m
+++ b/scripts/io/strread.m
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
   out = ostrsplit (text, sep, mult_dlms_s1);
   if (index (sep, eol_char)); out = strrep (out, char (255), ''); endif
   ## In case of trailing delimiter, strip stray last empty word
-  if (! isempty (out) && any (sep == text(end)))
+  if (! isempty (out) && any (sep == text(end)) && ! mult_dlms_s1)
     out(end) = [];
   endif
 
@@ -937,6 +937,11 @@
 %! assert (c', [13, 24, 34]);
 %! assert (d', [15, 25, 35]);
 
+## Bug #44750
+%!test
+%! assert (strread ('/home/foo/','%s','delimiter','/','MultipleDelimsAsOne',1), ...
+%!         {"home"; "foo"});
+
 ## delimiter as sq_string and dq_string
 %!test
 %! assert (strread ("1\n2\n3", "%d", "delimiter", "\n"),